Patrick Cooper Email & Phone Number

Leiston, England, United Kingdom

Leiston, England, United Kingdom

• Based in the Nuclear Generation division of EDF Energy, the main scope of the role is to manage the finances regarding recurring spend, stock, consumables, assets and the corresponding budgets for a nuclear power.
• Full knowledge of the financial accounting month-end process including accruals, prepayments and posting of journals
• Budget planning and control - be a finance business partner and communicate with other site departments monthly to collaborate on any challenges with aligning to budgets
• Present variance analysis information and reports to the Commercial Lead and Exec Team at EDF headquarters
• Cost accounting - inventory management and stock movements
• Provide support for other areas of finance – investment delivery, commercial planning, contract management, supply chain and procurement

Bungay, England, United Kingdom

• Clays is a book-printing manufacturing business across 3 sites in the UK. With a turnover of £86 million, over 700 staff across 3 payrolls and 36 cost centres, and capability of producing 168 million books per year, my.
• Assist Financial Controller with preparation of monthly management accounts – responsible for: o Sales accrual o Payroll journals and relevant accruals for 600 factory and 250 admin staff across 3 payrolls o Fixed.
• Prepare monthly Epicor reports and present information to Finance Director and other departments: o Sales variance and analysis o Labour cost variance and analysis o Subcontractors variance and analysis
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Provide support for other areas of finance – payroll (using Sage 50) and credit control
• Completion of ONS surveys

Thetford, England, United Kingdom

• Process sales and purchase orders using Sage 200
• Efficiently complete daily reconciliations of GlobalPay, PayPal and V12 finance accounts
• Manage stock levels, analyse cost and minimise loss to the business

Ipswich, England, United Kingdom

• Process invoices to integrate into Microsoft Dynamics GP and actively query any discrepancies
• Continually reconcile purchase ledger accounts and maintain contact with suppliers
• Maximise efficiency by liaising with other teams e.g. commercial and customer service

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Being the main point of contact for banking needs for businesses across the UK. Helped businesses prosper by assessing their financials to determine lending requirements or finance management.

Worked on the prospectivity of Coalbed Methane in the UK and analysed economic value of resources compared to other countries where Coalbed Methane has made an impact on their unconventional natural gas industry.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• Completed a project to revamp historical well files and build a cataloguing system for future data
• Part of a small subsurface team but very commonly had to work with other sectors to achieve results
• The project was initiated and steered by myself

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• Duties involved fulfilling customer requirements, solving customer issues, working alongside other departments, managing stock, cashing up and visual merchandising
• Increased confidence and selling skill considerably
• Consistently received excellent customer feedback
• Supervision and training of junior staff

• Responsible for setting up weddings and functions, greeting guests at the door, providing room service and tending to all the guests’ needs and requests
• Learned how to handle stressful situations effectively and efficiently

• Duties involved operation of machinery, packing food products and loading them onto pallets for exportation
• Focus on health and safety

Master'S Degree, Integrated Petroleum Geosciences, Commendation

• Received a bursary from the Robert Nicol Trust • Investigated and evaluated coalbed methane in the UK for the summer project with the.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Petroleum Geology, Upper 2Nd Class 2:1

• Investigated ‘The Closure of the Iapetus Ocean with Relation to Pillow Basalts at Bohaun, South Mayo, Ireland’ for the dissertation •.

Self Study, Managing People And Organisations

Study Abroad, Geology/Earth Science, General, C+

• Experiences included the subjects of sedimentology, ore mineralogy and fluid dynamics

Education record